Vocabulary
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives.
What is a republic?
After years of British rule, Americans were determined to craft this kind of constitution.
What is a constitution to limit the power of a ruler?
This constitution did not have a way to add more states to the Union.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Under the Articles of Confederation Americans faced this economic problem.
What is a Depression?
A settlement of a dispute by each side giving up some demands.
What is a compromise?
To divide the power of a governor, Americans set up this kind of legislatures.
What is bicameral legislatures?
Territory formed after the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was passed.
What is the Northwest Territory?
The leader of Shay's Rebellion was this man.
What is Daniel Shay?
This is the lawmaking branch of a government.
What is the legislative branch?
The first constitution of the U.S. was called this way:
What is Articles of Confederation?
Document that granted rights to settlers of the Northwest Territory.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was the goal of Shay's Rebellion.
What is to stop judges from taking farmers' land?
This branch of government interprets the law, has to do with courts and judges.
What is the judicial branch?
In this year the Articles of Confederation were adopted.
What is 1777?
This law made slavery illegal in the Northwest Territory.
What is a clause in the Bill of Rights?
Slave was not not a major source of labor in this region of the U.S.
What is the North?
This man was the main author of the Articles of Confederation.
What is John Dickenson?
This branch of government executes the law, it is headed by the government.
What is the executive branch?
This was one achievement of the government under the Articles of Confederation.
What is negotiating a peace agreement with Britain?
This issue made it difficult to strengthen the Articles of Confederation.
What is slavery?
When economic activity is low and unemployment is high, we have this.
What is a depression?